The photos you see at the top of each page randomly change every time you click to another page or reload the current page. They have been taken by a number of people who were kind enough to send us their images. On this page you will find a list of contributors to our gradually increasing cache of photos. You will also find another collection of more atmospheric LA-Lit photos, many from the beautiful alleyway outside Betalevel where we record LA-Lit in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

Photos by:
Harold Abramowitz
Jason Brown of Superbunker
Randall Fleming - metrohopper@gmail.com
Stephanie Rioux

(Christine Wertheim crochets & Jen Hofer knits at the Nada Gordon interview)

(Catherine Daly)

(Catherine Daly)

(Holly Myers in the audience at Eileen Myles interview)

(audience members at Eileen Myles interview)

(Demosthenes Agrafiotis)

(Christine Wertheim reads from her book)

(Audience members at Christine Wertheim’s interview)

(Vanessa Place relaxes and listens closely during Christine Wertheim’s interview)

(The Noulipo! is here!)

(The Noulipian Analects Editors Christine Wertheim and Matias Viegener and published by Les Figues Press)

(Lee Ann Brown during her interview)

(Stephanie taking notes during Lee Ann Brown’s interview)

(Lee Ann Brown with her daughter Miranda)

(Maggie Nelson, reading from The Red Parts during her interview)

(Vanessa Place taking a break during the interview)

(Stephanie Rioux makes notes during Vanessa’s interview)

(Vanessa and Maude Place before Vanessa’s interview)

(Vanessa Place hiding behind the lectern)

(Maude and Teresa after the interview with Vanessa Place)

(Steph and Matt during the interview with Vanessa Place)

(Sawako Nakayasu, Steph and Matt after the interview)

(Sawako Nakayasu, Steph and Matt during the interview)

(Stan Apps, Guy Bennett [with his head turned away from the camera] and Matt talk during the break)

(Janice Lee and friends at Sawako Nakayasu’s LA-Lit interview)

(Sawako Nakayasu, Steph and Matt ready for the interview)

(Matt, Joseph Mosconi and others in the alleyway outside Betalevel)

(Steph and Matt during the recording of the Bay Poetics show)

(Suzanne Stein in the alleyway outside Betalevel)

(Del Ray Cross gives us all some face time at the Bay Poetics show)

(The Many Faces of Del Ray Cross)

(Joseph Mosconi, Aaron Kunin, Magdalena Zurawski and Suzanne Stein in the alleyway outside Betalevel)

(Susan Gevirtz reads from her work at the recording of the Bay Poetics show)

(Stephanie Young moves poetry around before reading it)

(Steph, Matt and Suzanne Stein during the recording of the Bay Poetics show)

(Susan Gevirtz and Suzanne Stein during the recording of the Bay Poetics show)

(Teresa Carmody after her ‘intense’ LA-Lit interview)

(Vanessa Place, Stan Apps, Kraig Grady, Teresa Carmody and Matt chat after Teresa’s interview)

(Matt & Steph along with an anonymous audience member and Christine Wertheim)

(Stan looks on dubiously as Matt explains to him about the book he wrote that’s “this tall”)

(Teresa, Vanessa Place, Kraig Grady, Stan Apps and Steph’s water bottle at Via Cafe after the recording of Teresa’s interview)

(Teresa Carmody happily searches for something to read to us)

(Matt & Steph search for focus during Chris Kraus’ interview)

(A good crowd of people for Chris Kraus’s interview [including Ron Rudlong from Mpls in the back])

(At Chris Kraus’ interview, sittin’ on the bench: Jessica Z. Hutchins, Karen Lofgren, Ron Rudlong, [??-Sara’s friend], Sarah Wang, Maximus Kim)

(At Chris Kraus’ interview Rudlong goes vertical and takes everybody with him)

(A good crowd of people for Chris Kraus’s interview)

(Matt tells people to use the bathroom before the show starts)

(Chris Kraus reads from her novel I Love Dick)

(A fair crowd of people for LA-Lit on a Friday night)

(the betalevel space, with chairs, October 2006)

(Steph waits for the show to start)

(Guy Bennett chats with Catherine Daly)

(Steph and Pablo look back)

(All the guests on our anniversary show: from left to right: Amar Ravva, Guy Bennett, Diane Ward, Will Alexander, and Anthony McCann; Matt and Steph on the end there)

(Matt and Steph listen to the discussion)

(Harold Ambramowitz sits engaged)

(Matt and Catherine chat)

(Diane Ward and Will Alexander record a Poetic Service Announcement)

(Daddy, why won’t you pay attention to me?)

(Matt and Steph announce the readers)

(Anthony finds a poem he wants to read to us)

(And he reads it to us)

(Ara Shirinyan, c’mon on down)

(Ara reads a poem)

(Thanks everyone!)

(Amarnath Ravva hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Will Alexander’s interview)

(Teka Lark Lo and Amarnath Ravva hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Will Alexander’s interview)

(Mathew and Jen Hofer hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Will Alexander’s interview)

(Will Alexander at Betalevel during the recording of his interview on LA-Lit)

(Will Alexander at Betalevel during the recording of his interview on LA-Lit)

(People hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Bruna Mori’s interview)

(Steph and Stan Apps hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Bruna Mori’s interview)

(Teka Lark Lo and Randall Fleming hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Bruna Mori’s interview)

(People hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Bruna Mori’s interview)

(People hanging out in the alleyway outside Betalevel during the recording of Bruna Mori’s interview)

(José and Matt at Betalevel before the recording of José’s LA-Lit interview)

(Matt setting up for José’s LA-Lit recording)